Richard Cameron reveals the top five most bizarre way punters have snuck booze

A security guard has revealed the top five most bizarre ways punters have tried to sneak booze into clubs and festivals – and the hilarious ways they were caught.

Mackay security guard Richard Cameron has been in the industry for more than 20 years and has seen it all.

He has travelled through the state working at a whole range of events from Queensland rodeos to Brisbane’s Big Day Out.

Here are the top five most bizarre ways he has seen punters try to sneak alcohol.

Colostomy bag

Mr Cameron said his shift started like any other, keeping a watchful eye on party goers at a popular Mackay nightclub.

One of the patrons was a regular at the club, so Mr Cameron recognised immediately when something was a little off.

“I asked him, ‘hey buddy, are you all right? Are you sober? It looks like you’ve had a wee accident,” Mr Cameron recalled saying to the punter.

Mr Cameron saw the party goer had a wet patch all down the front of his pants and had assumed he had drunk a bit too much and wet himself.

But, only half of that was true.

The man had filled a colostomy bag with rum and taped it to his leg. Photo: Mike Knott

When Mr Cameron walked over he realised it wasn’t the smell of urine that hit his nostrils, but a “full blown whiff of rum”.

The man had filled a colostomy bag with rum and taped it to his leg.

Mr Cameron said the partier had used the drainage hose as a straw and wove it through his pants and shirt.

But evidently, the whole charade came undone when the bag began to leak, painting the patron in guilt and rum.

Flask in a hat

Living in North Queensland, Mr Cameron has a fair chunk of rodeo experience — and the cowboy boots and Akubras that go with it.

‘When you take off an akubra, you’ve got to pinch the top’.

“When you take off an akubra, you’ve got to pinch the top [of the hat],” Mr Cameron said for those unfamiliar with the iconic headwear.

He said one punter at an Emerald rodeo was doing just that, until out of nowhere a flask full of grog dropped to the ground.

“Old mate had parked it up loose in the top of his hat,” Mr Cameron said.

“It fell because when he didn’t pinch it hard enough.”

Buried treasure

During a Gympie country music festival, Mr Cameron witnessed one man show a considerable level of forward thinking.

“He showed up three days before the event started and buried a carton of stubbies,” Mr Cameron said.

“And because of how cold Gympie is, the beers actually stayed cold.”

Mr Cameron said despite the grounds drastically changing in the set-up to the event, the man had still managed to find his way back to his buried treasure.

“He had put a tall boy 44 gallon drum on top, and everyone just thought it was part of the festival.”

Mr Cameron said the man was caught out when security guards noticed him moving the huge drum, and he was quickly kicked out of the festival.

Big bras

“These girls would buy a far bigger bra, and pack it on their body with little drinks stuffed at the bottom,” Mr Cameron said.

“Other girls were using ice pack bras and filling them with drinks.”

While most used mini-vodka bottles, Mr Cameron said one girl was caught out with a batch of home brew.

He said these types of situations could get uncomfortable, which was why it was imperative he had female security colleagues nearby.

Hiker health

While employed as a security guard at an Airlie Beach festival, one partygoer tried using a heavily packed hiking bag to attempt to deceive security.

Mr Cameron said the man had a ‘full canvas wrap’ with folded clothes at the top of the bag and cans of beer hidden below.

Mr Cameron said the man had a “full canvas wrap” with folded clothes at the top of the bag and cans of beer hidden below.

But the patron’s actions were quickly discovered when Mr Cameron later caught him red-handed reaching into the bag and pulling out a drink.

Mr Cameron said to top it all off, the punter had brought in beer that was not even being served at the festival.

But despite the humour in these attempts at cheap drinks, Mr Cameron said the risk to punters and organisers was simply not worth it.

“The fines are massive and you can be banned from all licensed venues in Queensland,” he said.

He said people attempting to sneak in drinks were also putting that event or establishment at risk.

“It’s not worth it, it’s people’s livelihoods,” Mr Cameron said.